St Albans Cricket Club

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St Albans Cricket Club was a cricket club in New Zealand. A St Albans Cricket Club had been created by 1872. [1] A district club was created in 1905 to play district cricket, and played in Canterbury Cricket Association games. [2] [3] [4]

The club won the Senior Championship in, in particular, the 1910–1911 season, [5] the 1925–1926 season, [6] [7] [8] the 1949–1950 season, [9] the 1954–1955 season, the 1956–1957 season, [10] the 1963–1964 season, [11] and the 1964–1965 season. [12] [13] The club won the Senior Championship, now called the Trust Bank Trophy, in, in particular, the 1986–1987 season, [14] the 1987–1988 season, [15] and the 1988–1989 season. [16] [17]

The club had clubrooms at the Hagley Oval. [18]

The club was sponsored by Kinetic Investments from 1988 [19] and Imperial Cut Price Liquor Store in 1989. [20]

The men's club merged with the women's club in 1977. [21] St Albans won the senior grade women's championship during the 1938–1939 season [22] and the 1939–1940 season, [23] and the Christmas women's competition in 1985. [24]

Players

The following have played for St Albans in the past: [25]

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References

  1. ↑ "St Albans Cricket Club" in "Town and Country".Lyttelton Times. 15 January 1872. p 2.
  2. ↑ "Anniversary season". The Press. 4 October 1979. p 14.
  3. ↑ "St Albans Club's Jubilee". The Press. 9 March 1955. p 14.
  4. ↑ "The Canterbury Association: District Scheme Adopted". The Press. 21 July 1905. p 6.
  5. ↑ "Saturday's Grade Matches: St. Albans wins the Championship".The Press. 3 April 1911. p 3.
  6. ↑ "Come to Dinner said Sid Hickmott: so St Albans Men joined in merrily". The Star, Christchurch. 29 April 1926. p 5.
  7. ↑ "Christchurch Season Ends: St Albans Suffer Their Only Defeat". NZ Truth. 25 March 1926. p 15.
  8. ↑ "Cricket: Senior Competition: Close of the Season". The Press. 22 March 1926. p 6.
  9. ↑ "St Albans wins Championship". The Press. 27 March 1950. p 3.
  10. ↑ "Senior Championship won by St Albans". The Press. 25 March 1957. p 14.
  11. ↑ "Senior Title duly won by St.Albans". The Press. 23 March 1964. p 17.
  12. ↑ "St Albans Wins". The Press. 29 March 1965. p 14.
  13. ↑ "All-Round Strength Was St. Albans Secret". The Press. 29 March 1965. p 14.
  14. ↑ "St Albans regains cricket title". The Press. 9 March 1987. p 22.
  15. ↑ "Comfortable win to St Albans". The Press. 28 March 1988. p 22.
  16. ↑ "Trophy hat trick for St Albans". The Press. 20 March 1989. p 21.
  17. ↑ "St Albans chases fourth successive club cricket title". The Press 29 September 1989. p 30.
  18. ↑ "Cricket club expands". The Press. 3 June 1977. p 24.
  19. ↑ "Sponsorship for Club". The Press. 22 September 1988. p 40.
  20. ↑ "Sponsorship for Club". The Press. 28 September 1989. p 34.
  21. ↑ "St Albans is fourth merger". The Press. 9 June 1977. p 6.
  22. ↑ "Women's Games: St Albans wins Senior Championship". The Press. 6 March 1939. p 7.
  23. ↑ "St Albans assured of the Championship". The Press. 4 March 1940. p 4.
  24. ↑ "St Albans wins women's title". The Press. 23 December 1985. p 29.
  25. ↑ The Press, 3 April 1911
  26. ↑ "Ford wins place". The Press. 23 January 1987. p 28.
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